A smart social satire focusing on a comic in the late days of the Soviet Union cracking under the weight of official constraints and self-loathing. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive directing debut with the super-smart, confidently lensed “The Humorist.” Set in the ...

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own ...

The look on the face of humorist David Sedaris is as serious as a tax return. "I don't have a clue," he is saying. "I genuinely do not have a clue." The subject at hand is the stupefying popularity of ...

Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 25, 2021. You can find that audio here. Click here for David Sedaris' 2021-2022 tour dates. If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further ...